Another year, another soulless Call of Duty game is fast approaching. With the recent announcement of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, I found my nerdy ass watching the trailer because of course I was. And while a lot of what I saw was expected, it was what I heard in the trailer that realy
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Not ones to sit around and waste time, New Jersey’s very own thrash metal icons Overkill are back at the studio writing new music for their follow-up to 2023’s Scorched. Earlier this week, the band’s new drummer Jeramie Kling posted to social media to boast about his new Roland electronic drum kit while also sharing
Another band is looking back on a pivotal moment in their career and spending time later this year to commemorate a major release in their discography. The band — Massachusetts deathcore act The Red Chord. The pivotal release being celebrated – their 2005 album Clients. And they’re doing more than just a couple shows and
To our dearest friends out in Europe — we Americans are sorry for what you’re about to endure. It’s not your first experience with the mighty death metal band from Ohio commonly known as Sanguisugabogg, but this time around feels like things are going to be brutal. And that’s not just because of what we’ve
Last month, the world witnessed one of the most monumental concert experiences ever as heavy metal saw both Ozzy OsbourneandBlack Sabbath take their final bows at ‘Back To The Beginning’ on July 5. It was a huge undertaking that not only allowed the world to say goodbye to such phenomenal acts, but it also sought
If you like your heavy metal bands to be more groovy, medieval and sword-swinging excitement than crush-your-skull-in heavy, you might want to check out the fantasy heavy metal outfitCastle Rat. They’ve got a new album coming out this September titled The Bestiary and earlier today they unleashed their latest single, “Serpent”. Now, if you’ve been
There’s something inherently punk rock about being a popular musician or band and filming a super simple DIY music video. It basically says “fuck having corporate backing, we’re doing it our way.” What Fallujah did with their video for “The Obsidian Architect” is both punk rock as hell and the opposite of that entirely —
Say what you will about Ghost, but their latest album Skeletá is a bit of a banger. They’ve been on a roll lately, if we’re being honest, and I think that could all get traced back to the album that most would probably say put them on the map and in the zeitgeist among even
Wow. Holy shit. Great googly moogly. All current and future thrash bands — take some fucking notes. Because if you want to blow minds and get people stoked for your new album, you do what Testament just did. You come out swinging and you hit as hard as you can, which is exactly what they’ve
What a fucking depressing year for metal, man. In a tragic turn of events, ex-Mastodon guitarist William Brent Hinds was killed last night in a motorcycle accident in Atlanta. He was 51 years old. According to a report by Atlanta News First, Hinds was riding his motorcycle traveling west along Boulevard when he was struck
They may already have a run of dates planned in support of Carcass’ North American tour next month, but that doesn’t mean there’s any reason why Necrot can’t get a few headlining dates planned out for a little warm up ahead of time. Starting on September 12 in Reno and coming to a close on
In the immediate aftermath of ex-Mastodon guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds’ death, folks all over the music world are left reeling. To have such an incredible talent taken from the world at the young age of 51 is incredibly difficult to fathom. It has to be even harder for the men he shared a stage with for
When the words “noise” and “mathcore” precede a band’s self-ascribed genre, the mind tends to race to the high speed, frenetic works of bands like The Dillinger Escape Plan and Boris. But “Idiot Plot,” the latest single from British experimental noise outfit Irk’s forthcoming record The Seeing House doesn’t really fall into those categories. As
You may know him for his work as a guitarist for the insanely popular progressive death metal outfit Blood Incantation, but guitarist Morris Kolontyrsky is looking to branch out and give you something else to remember him by with the upcoming release of his debut solo album Origination. Due for release on October 10 via
After yesterday’s news, all I’ll say here today is to remember that life is short. Far too short, really. So please don’t hesitate to hold those close to you, tell ’em you love them, and reconcile with those you may have drifted apart from after all these years. You never know when it’s your last
There may not be any new System of a Down music happening any time soon, but that’s never kept the individual members of that iconic band from doing their own thing. Look at vocalist Serj Tankian for example — that dude’s got a whole ass solo career and earlier today, he announced a new collection
Today marks the release of Pittsburgh deathcore outfit Signs of the Swarm‘s latest album To Rid Myself of Truth and to mark the occasion, they’ve released a music video for the track “Natural Selection.” Stuffed to the gills with thick riffs and apocalyptic breakdowns, “Natural Selection” was described by vocalist David Simonich as a “defining
You may want to make sure you’ve got a fresh set of Pampers on, because the latest single from grindcore motherfuckers Mastiff is liable to make your insides fall straight out of your asshole. As the first taste of the band’s forthcoming EP For All the Dead Dreams, out October 24 via Church Road Records,
When news broke yesterday about ex-Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds’ untimely death in a motorcycle accident at age 51, the first source most of us in the metal media relied upon was Atlanta News First. Their account of what happened fueled the rest of the day’s coverage, which goes to show the importance of local news
One of the coolest stories to come out of this year was the unexpected return of The Sword. Announced just in time for the 15th anniversary of Warp Riders, it was a perfect time to get out there and tour on the back of such a beloved and seminal record. So when we learned that